Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Future / Adam ...

The Scottish acoustic-guitar legend Bert Jansch—pronounced jansh—died today, at the age of sixty-seven, after a long battle with lung cancer. He released his first solo record, “Bert Jansch,” in 1965.

Dave Alvin alerted us via Facebook shortly ago that British guitar master Bert Jansch has died. Jansch, who along with his band Pentangle was at the forefront of the ’60s British folk movement, was 67 ...

One of the central figures of the British folk music scene of the 1960s and '70s has died. Bert Jansch influenced a range of musicians from Jimmy Page, who took a Jansch folk song and turned it into a ...

In this interview from Uncut Take 152 [January 2010 issue], Bert Jansch talks about his career as one of Britain's greatest guitarists, folk, blues and being a “26-pints-a-night man” In this interview ...

Bert Jansch, one of the central figures of the 1960s and '70s British folk music scene, died Wednesday morning. Both as a solo artist and as a member of the group Pentangle, the guitarist, singer and ...

When faced with having to sum up Bert Jansch’s life it is nigh on impossible to choose what to focus on first, as they do so summarily in those cursory opening lines of your regular obituary. Is his ...

' I remember asking Bert, 'When you were doing it, did you know that you were like … heavy? Heavier than all those bands that were heavy? He nodded this thoroughly appropriate nod and passed me a ...

We remember the legendary folk artist Bert Jansch with a World Cafe session and interview from earlier this year. Early in the morning of Oct. 5, 2011, Jansch died of cancer at 67. Considered one of ...

When Charisma owner Tony Stratton-Smith hired former Monkee Michael Nesmith to produce Jansch’s 1974 debut for the label, the idea seems to have been to make a record that could bring the folk icon to ...

In June last year, a routine visit to the dentist led to the revelation that Bert Jansch had a golf ball-sized tumour on one of his lungs. "I went to the dentist on Tuesday. I was told that I had ...

Bert Jansch was a musician whose reputation went before him. Guitarists heard about him on the grapevine and checked him out. He was required listening for anybody interested in any way in the sounds ...